A child getting into trouble

[theraccoon]

Characters: Chandra and OPEN
Date: 11/21
Format: top post is prose, but either is fine for threads
Content Warnings: none
Summary: Chandra arrives, and she's getting into trouble from the start.

Chandra's arrival was mostly uneventful. After watching the arrival mirror-movie thing, she had freaked out quietly in her room for a bit before deciding to go out and investigate. The city itself was big, though not as big as her hometown, and there was a lot to see.

Unfortunately, hunger had hit right about the time she had gone through the marketplace, and she had no money or means to get food of any kind. So she was stuck there, her stomach grumbling, wondering if she should try to grab a wallet from one of the many people walking by or just swiping food from one of the stalls. She didn't have her thief gear but she was so hungry she was willing to overlook that.

It didn't occur to her to go back to her assigned apartment and raid the fridge. Another thought did, though. Maybe she could beg food out of someone instead!

So she sat up on the fountain and looked around, trying to find some poor sucker to woobie into a free meal.

((OOC: Estelle and Haruki can run across her before she leave the apartment if either of you want to do that.))

Comments

[cockroachexorcist]

"Hey, watch it!"

A man unto Chandra's own general plan shoved a lizard-man out of his way in the middle of the square, brandishing a fist tightly balled up as if creating an emphasis for the basis of a threat, "You'll dislocate my shoulder walking so rough!"

Souichirou feigned an injury, clutching his shoulder with his open, free hand. "The medical bills are gonna be a pain, you monster lizard! Where do you get off, treating this place like it's a wrestling arena! You gotta front the bill for me, you careless jerk!"

He put on his best act, but the creature stared at him, well aware that he had better things to do.

[theraccoon]

At first, Chandra was miffed by the sudden appearance of another scammer. This was her territory, damnit! Sure, she was new, but she was better-equipped for scamming and this guy was totally intruding!

So she decided to just watch from a distance for a moment, figuring that his great scam wouldn't work so well in a weird alien land. Still, Chandra had to give this guy props for his determination. Her irritation wore away, and by the time the random aliens wandered away and ignored this guy Chandra had decided to go talk to him.

"Guess your plan didn't work so well," she said, leaning against a nearby light pole.

[cockroachexorcist]

"Hey!" Souichirou cursed internally, realizing he had a fellow urchin watching in on him and she didn't even think to-- "If you're so knowledgeable, why didn't you help!? If you spot a scam, you're supposed to jump in and help, then we cut each other down trying to make a bargain on percents!"

In truth, Souichirou had been at wits' end trying just to entertain himself on a daily basis. Doing basic chores just for meals wasn't too difficult given his lack of refined taste and stomach for food close to garbage-status, but he really hated being inactive as a thug. He had to get his kicks somewhere.

So he overreacted, "You gotta help, dumbass!"

[theraccoon]

"Don't call me dumb, I know how this works!"

But she didn't just stop there. She looked around quickly, then reached up to grab Souichirou's hand to drag him somewhere more private, just around a corner or by an alley or something. Their big schemes wouldn't work if everyone overheard it.

"First things first," she said, dropping her voice down to a quiet conversational voice, "If you're gonna help me, you gotta do what I say. It's not gonna work if you go on being loud like that."

Yeah she was pretty experienced with conning people, despite her young age. Chandra had plans for Souichirou, if he went along with what she was planning.